RECLINATION

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The act of leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.

2.
n.

The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C.

3.
n.

The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.


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